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It's normal to play the same song over and over again (2016)

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Re: It's normal to play the same song over and over again (2016)

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Post by throwawaylinux »

adzm wrote: post #49
tkgally wrote: post #38

Earlier quoted context omitted.

On the opposite end of the spectrum is Elliott Carter. He intentionally tried to avoid repetition in his works. I was into his string quartets for a while about forty-five years ago but haven’t heard them since. Maybe it’s time to listen to them again. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wse3ZoUXo5M https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=waQgZEGsUpw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6njANe60Evw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bi0…

> He intentionally tried to avoid repetition in his works. I was into his string quartets for a while about forty-five years ago but haven’t heard them since. I'd argue that the lack of repetition led to things being less memorable.

Who would argue against some things being more easily forgotten when they aren't repeated?

Re: It's normal to play the same song over and over again (2016)

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Post by garage_dev »

I sometimes play the same song on loop for days; especially when I am trying crack a complex algorithm or trying to come up with the system design of a large pipeline.

My hypothesis being: with every repetition the song move toward the "background of my mind" such that I am not spending too much "compute time" on the song itself; the sound is still there, helping me ignore external noises and therefore I am able to focus more on the task at hand.

PS: 2 songs that have helped me Between The Bars, Elliot Smith Memorial, Russian Cirlce ft Chelsea Wolfe

Re: It's normal to play the same song over and over again (2016)

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Post by vineyardmike »

weinzierl wrote: post #43

Neither the article mentions it nor is it somewhere in the comments so far: Common TikTok wisdom seems to be that listening on repeat is an ADHD thing. I wonder if there is something to it or if it's just one of those oft repeated 'facts' that run by themselves after a while?

I came here looking to see this comment, but I think honestly TikTok is really damaging for people wrt mental conditions and understanding them.

There is a TON of mis-information and "I have condition x and behavior Y" correlation/causation BS on TikTok. There's articles of people developing "tik tok tourettes syndrome" from watching videos of other with Tourettes. There's a growing literature of the affects of follow-along mental health conditions coming from watching other people on media with certain issues. I've seen a ton of TikTok ADHD claims that are BS or are "normal" but people shared as ADHD symptoms. I don't know how, but I suspect this sort of mis-information is bad for society.

That said, I'm not a doctor/psych but I think its true that this is also an ADHD behavior. The article talks about how the author will listen to certain songs forever, but I think the ADHD behavior is a binge-and-forget type behavior, which seems different, and more related to the hyper-focus aspect of ADHD.

Source: I have adhd, do this with music, and recreationally learn about ADHD for fun.

Re: It's normal to play the same song over and over again (2016)

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Post by JetAlone »

yair99dd wrote: post #58

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Music_in_psychological_opera... It can be hell

"In the War on Terror, the US used the songs "The Real Slim Shady" by Eminem, the Meow Mix theme song, and "Fuck Your God" by Deicide to torture.[6]"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SbyZDq76T74

Now we got an extended club version MeowMixTape, on Youtube, for kids!

Re: It's normal to play the same song over and over again (2016)

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Post by illegalmemory »

tkgally wrote: post #38
david927 wrote: post #35

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Some composers are more repetitive than others. There’s an old joke: Knock knock Who’s there? Philip Glass Knock knock Who’s there? Philip Glass Knock knock Who’s there? Philip Glass

On the opposite end of the spectrum is Elliott Carter. He intentionally tried to avoid repetition in his works. I was into his string quartets for a while about forty-five years ago but haven’t heard them since. Maybe it’s time to listen to them again. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wse3ZoUXo5M https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=waQgZEGsUpw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6njANe60Evw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bi0…

"On the opposite end of the spectrum is Elliott Carter. He intentionally tried to avoid repetition in his works."

Yes, exactly ! That is why Elliott`s work sound like instruments talking to one another, like 4 instruments talking to each other with emotions & expressions each instrument having a specific character.

On the other hand generally we perceive some degree to repeatability as music.

Re: It's normal to play the same song over and over again (2016)

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Post by zelphirkalt »

joebob42 wrote: post #48

I'm terrified of this. I've no idea why, but if I hear a song too many times in a couple day period I have a night of fever dreaming where I wake up over and over again to the song in my head. It's like my brain has over conditioned the pathway for that song and as soon as it starts trying to dream it falls into it and the dream breaks and I wake up. It happens to me a couple times a year and when I hear any of the s…

What about music without singing? Does it happen listening to that as well?
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